by Samuel Scott | Feb 4, 2019 | Marketing Essays
My new column is out in The Drum: Open office workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your high blood pressure. If you work in marketing, media or high-tech startups, you probably spend the day in an environment worse than the one in Office Space....
by Samuel Scott | Jan 21, 2019 | Marketing Essays
(Note: This is a talk that I debuted in mid-2020 — see my marketing speaker page for more information on my various presentations.) Summary See the example deck here:...
by Samuel Scott | Jan 15, 2019 | Marketing Essays
During these dark days of winter, I have been finalizing this year’s speaking schedule. More dates are in the works, but here is where I will be for now. Hope to see you soon! If your company or organization would like an appearance while I am in your area,...
by Samuel Scott | Jan 7, 2019 | Marketing Essays
My first column of 2019 is live in The Drum: Facebook’s stock peaked at $218.62 on 25 July 2018. It will never reach that height again. The social network will see declining growth rates – if not an outright downward trajectory – this year unless it makes two specific...
by Samuel Scott | Dec 19, 2018 | Marketing Essays
What did HubSpot senior executives do to try to obtain in advance or prevent the release of Dan Lyons’ book “Disrupted”? We may never know for sure. But I have obtained the redacted version of the report from the resulting FBI investigation. Here is...
by Samuel Scott | Dec 10, 2018 | Marketing Essays
My final column of the year is live in The Drum: Bob Hoffman once wrote that ‘the great thing about talking about the future is that you don’t have to know anything. You just make shit up and nobody can refute it.’ Well, I will do my best. Since the...